Archive for January, 2007
Are the NRL missing the point?
DAILY SERVE: Wed 31/1
Golden point is in the NRL to stay, with the even more progressive golden try put on the backburner. Apparently this is an unpopular decision. The Daily Telegraph reports of poll 10 coaches saw 9 of them prefer a deadlock be broken with a try. Why? So their players can spend more [...]
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Just say no Kostya
DAILY SERVE: Tue 30/1
So Kostya wants to fight again. We can’t say the warning signs weren’t there. The lack of an instant retirement after he was battered by Ricky Hatton (20 months ago); The constant non-commitment to his future. The valiant but ultimately futile attempt at celebrity on Dancing with the Stars. There just [...]
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Lucas Neill money grab maybe not so one dimensional.
“At no stage did money enter into the footballing decision I was making�. Lucas Neill, January 24, 2007.
At no stage? Really, Lucas? That’s a bit irresponsible, isn’t it? You’ve got a family to feed, in a country that’s quite expensive. “West Ham have produced people like Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters, Trevor Brooking and [...]